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    SIA Acc. 00-075, National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Department of Botany, Flora North America Project Records, 1962-1977

    • Date: 1962 1962-1977
    • Creator: National Museum of Natural History. Department of Botany
    • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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  3. Black circular device with a tape measure and description cards below it.

    The Spinthariscope and the Smithsonian

    • Date: January 9, 2018
    • Description: [edan-image:id=siris_arc_287602,size=250,left]As a child in England in the 1930s, Oliver Sacks enjoyed playing with his Uncle Abe’s spinthariscope. It was, he would later recall, “a beautifully simple instrument, consisting of a fluorescent screen and a magnifying eyepiece, and inside, an infinitesimal speck of radium.We take a look at the spinthariscope at the Smithsonian.

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  5. Two sketches of uniforms for servers for a man and woman. Both are holding trays and wearing aprons.

    Get the Scoop on Smithsonian’s Ice Cream Parlor

    • Date: July 18, 2019
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: We all screamed for ice cream at the old-fashioned ice cream parlor at Smithsonian's National Museum of American History between 1981 and 2006.

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    SIA RU000233, United States National Museum Division of Marine Invertebrates, Records, 1853-1962

    • Date: 1853 1853-1962
    • Creator: United States National Museum. Division of Marine Invertebrates
    • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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  9. Book no. 1, H.A. Allard, field collection specimen no. 1-1710

    Book no. 1, H.A. Allard, field collection specimen no. 1-1710

    • Date: 1930-1936 19301012 19360607

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  11. A man wearing a headphone-like device sits in a leather chair.

    The Scientific Portraits of Julian Papin Scott, Part 1 of 2: The Photographer Behind the Lens

    • Date: September 3, 2019
    • Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
    • Description: In a world drowning in images, where we swipe past photos of friends, relatives, and selves in mere seconds, a set of remarkable portraits taken in the 1910s and 1920s by Julian Papin Scott (1877-1961) deserve more considered attention. Sometimes, his subjects appear immersed in work, surrounded by microscopes, beakers, or stacks of books, as if unaware of the photographer.

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  13. Secretary G. Wayne Clough and Smithsonian Historian, Pam Henson, 12/4/2014

    And the award goes to...

    • Date: December 30, 2014
    • Creator: Anne Van Camp
    • Description: The Secretary’s Gold Medal for Exceptional Service was created in 1964 and is the highest honor given to Smithsonian staff for exceptional service over a long period of time. On December 4, 2014, Secretary G. Wayne Clough presented this award to Pam Henson for a lifetime of exceptional service to the Smithsonian Institution. She began her career here in 1973 and has been in

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    SIA Acc. 99-171, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Contracts and Procurement Office, Grant Proposals, 1991-1999

    • Date: 1991 1991-1999
    • Creator: Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. Contracts and Procurement Office
    • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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  17. Draft of a Letter from the Columbian Institute to Congress, February 6, 1822

    Draft of a Letter from the Columbian Institute to Congress, February 6, 1822

    • Date: 1822 February 6, 1822

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    SIA RU007474, History of Science Society, Records, circa 1930-1993

    • Date: 1930 1930-1993 circa 1930-1993
    • Creator: History of Science Society
    • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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  21. Langley with His Aerodrome.

    Collegial, Yet Cautious: the Wright Brothers and Samuel P. Langley

    • Date: December 15, 2015
    • Creator: William Bennett
    • Description: A look at the relationship between Smithsonian Secretary Samuel P. Langley and the Wright Brothers during the sometimes contentious race to achieve flight.

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    SIA RU007150, American Ornithologists' Union, Records, 1883-1977

    • Date: 1883 1883-1977
    • Creator: American Ornithologists' Union
    • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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